Intimate Image Abuse

(asked on 2nd July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the provisions in section 138 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 will come into effect.


Answered by
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede Portrait
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
This question was answered on 16th July 2025

This Government remains committed to delivering on its commitment to criminalise the non-consensual creation of purported intimate images.

As with several other measures in the Act, the provisions in section 138 will come into effect when commenced by regulations in due course.

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